Re: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]

[Luc Teirlinck]

Paul Jarc wrote:

   teirllm@dms.auburn.edu wrote:
   > As a secondary suggestion, it would be nice if ${a:-3} and ${b[@]:-3}
   > would work as expected,

   :- already means something different, so you have to separate : and -
   with a space.  These work: ${a: -3} ${b[@]: -3}.

Indeed, I somehow forgot about the other meaning of :- .  Thanks.  I
still do not understand the actual expansion of ${b[@]: -3}, however.

Sincerely,

Luc.